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| Seeds? Pellets?; A question about food brands. | |
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| Topic Started: Jul 19 2009, 11:52 AM (174 Views) | |
| MangoKiwi | Jul 19 2009, 11:52 AM Post #1 |
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Hello all.  I just joined the forum and have read a bit about the food, but I have a question. I understand that a lot of their diet should be vegetables, beans, and fruit. However, I wanted to know what kind of food I should put in the cage for them to eat whenever. At the pet store I work at, we have Nutriberries, Ecotrition, Kaytee, Zupreem, Sunseed, and one other brand I can't remember. Are any of those good for conures and should I add some seeds like thistle, flax seed, or millet? The Quaker parrot which we have had been on sunseed and Nutriberries, and he loves the latter. I understand that peanuts, corn, and sunflower seeds are over-used and should not be fed often if at all.And suggestions or opinions on those brands? 
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| Dusky Lover | Jul 19 2009, 01:00 PM Post #2 |
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Best advice i can give you : Pellets : Zupreem , Avian Maintenance { Natural Flavor } , or Zupreem Fruit Flavor pellets . I have both , and i mix them together , and they love those both . { Remember the fruit flavor stains with their poop , but they love it ! Nutri Berries : THEY LOVE THESE ! Cut them up into 4 slices per ball , or they drop them all the time because they are pretty big for some claws , My sun conure has huge claws , but the dusky has small ones and drops them alot . So cut them into 4 slices per ball . They love the tropical fruit flavor one , its mango , pineapple , papaya , and some other stuff mixed in , but they go CRAZY for Nutri berries . Roudybush : These pellets are great for conures , and they LOVE them . They are natural . Millet : I give my birds a millet every 2 or 3 days , but i put it in a millet holder , that hangs , so they have to work hard to eat the millet , and they wont devour it all in 1 sitting . It isnt bad for birds really . Fresh Washed Fruit : Grapes , they LOVE them , Quarter slice them . Apples , they love . Slice them small . Oranges , They love them . Watermelon , they go CRAZY for , slice it small with absolutely NO SEEDS , Black or White seeds . Cantaloupe , They LOVE it , they keep sucking the water out of it , then they eat it . Blueberries , They eat , but leave some behind , but it really stains with their poop . Fresh Veggies : Corn off the cob , i take it off the cob for them , Broccoli , they eat it , but not much . Carrots , Slice them very small pieces , they eat it , but not crazy for it . I havent tried any other veggies yet , but my birds prefer fruit , but i am trying new veggies continously . That about what i believe is a good diet , my bird love the stuff , and seem healthy . Seeds : Dont give too many , i just add small amounts mixed with the pellets { Zupreem } that i leave with them all day when i am gone . Seeds are supposed to only be 15% of the birds total diet .  
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| conure58 | Jul 19 2009, 01:23 PM Post #3 |
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 When I first got mine (16+ years ago), I had no idea that they shouldn't eat much for seed. It took quite some time to get mine weaned off seed and eating pellets/fruits/veggies. I still give them some seed, but it's not the majority of their diet anymore. Kahn loves his safflower seeds and Summer loves a peanut once in a while. |
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| MangoKiwi | Jul 19 2009, 08:58 PM Post #4 |
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So, can nurtiberries be fed everyday with some Zupreme and/or roudybush pellets, or should they be given as a treat? Also, Lafeber (maker of nutriberries) makes a pellet food for parrots too. Is this any good? Ingredients: Ground corn, wheat, oat groats, soybean meal, cane molasses, dried whole egg, corn gluten meal, dicalcium phosphate, ground limestone, iodized salt, dl-methionine (an essential amino acid), l-lysine (an essential amino acid), choline chloride, zinc oxide, manganese oxide, vitamin A supplement, vitamin D3 supplement, vitamin E supplement, ethoxyquin (a preservative), ascorbic acid, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of vitamin K activity), niacin supplement, calcium pantothenate, riboflavin supplement, thiamine mononitrate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, vitamin B12 supplement, folic acid, biotin. Guaranteed Analysis: Crude protein (min.)......14% Crude fat (min.)..............4% Crude fiber (max.)...........2% Moisture (max.)..........10.5% |
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| Dusky Lover | Jul 20 2009, 02:21 AM Post #5 |
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I would stick with Zupreem as my number 1 pellet choice ! You could try the Lafeber , i am sure its not a bad product , most people prefer Zupreem , and have excellent healthy birds . As for the Nutri - Berries , you can give your bird 8 - 10 of these per day , but i give about 3 - 5 per day , it keeps them fresh and interested in the nutri berries , and it helps when you mix in fruits and veggies , and remove all food bowls when you do , so you can get them to concentrate on trying new veggies / fruits / etc . If you have the nutri berries in there when you present fresh stuff , they might ignore it and go after the nutri - berries . Good Luck with your balanced diet ... 
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| Dusky Lover | Jul 20 2009, 02:23 AM Post #6 |
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I forgot to answer your first question : Yes , Nutri Berries can be given as a daily diet , and they are nutritional . 3 - 5 per day / per bird . |
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| kiddo76 | Jul 21 2009, 04:20 PM Post #7 |
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I feed mine a combination. I have multiple food dishes because they all have different tastes. The conures get a bowl of Zupreem fruit pellets, Mattie, my sun comure loves the banana pieces, a bowl of zupreem gourmet food that is little round pellets, dried peas, apples and tomatoes or red peppers. they also get a bowl that has a combination on safflower plus for parrots and a small flat kaytee pellet. they love sprouted beans. the Tiels, lovebirds and budgies get kaytee fiesta plus, and a bowl of zupreem fruit pellets for budgies. I add a powdered A/D suppliment to the tiels dishes because both my hens are suddenly laying like farm chickens. only one set are fertile tho.  tiel tiels love sprouted split peas. give millet sprays occasionally as a treat, they love egg treat sticks. all of my birds go crazy over the tropical nutriberries. I bought a good sized bag and put it into a 5 qt icecream container. oh and plain popcorn. I pop it in a brown paperbag in the microwave and my conures go insane when they hear the bag rattle! I also give frozen fruits and veggies, thawed of course, but not everyday because I swear they have food fights with the black berries. My cherry head Tee-Jay loves them. real bananas are not a big hit yet. they like to pick at bread when I'm trying to eat a sandwich. Marley loves the helman's mayo for some odd reason. One of my tiels loves potatoes. especially mashed. |
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| Dusky Lover | Jul 22 2009, 02:50 AM Post #8 |
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I am gonna have to try mashed potatoes , peas , and banana's . One other thing i heard they love is scrambled eggs . |
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| kiddo76 | Jul 22 2009, 03:32 PM Post #9 |
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I tried hard boiled egg.... once. that is something you only want to leave for a very short time. i goofed and left it in a dish for the birds all day..... it smelled awful. needless to say they didn't care for it either. scrambled should be fine. I wouldn't microwave it though. but that's me. I think the eggs come out looking rotten. |
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| conure58 | Jul 22 2009, 04:14 PM Post #10 |
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One good thing about eggs and birds is, they don't mind a little egg shell in their eggs. It's actually good for them (calcium).
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